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Georgia Health Report: States face challenges with Medicaid work requirement exemptions 

This week on the Georgia Health Report, new work rules for people who get Medicaid health insurance are supposed to exempt people who are deemed “medically frail.”

But deciding who qualifies as “too sick to work” won’t be easy. WUGA's Emma Auer is joined by Sam Whitehead, a reporter based in Atlanta for KFF Health News.

Emma Auer is an award-winning reporter who joined WUGA as a full-time producer in 2024. She is also a graduate student in UGA's Romance Languages Department, studying French and Spanish. She covers the breadth of Northeast Georgia stories, from Athens City Hall to Winterville farmers' markets. Emma's work has also been heard on Georgia Public Broadcasting.